An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

Thirdly, It's a good way to exercise saith in Gods mercy, to look upon God as a God beyond us, beyond any creature; for ¹so this is therefore expressed, to the end that the people of God might exercise faith in beholding God as a God; that's the way to help thee in thy faith; wouldest thou exercise faith upon God? look upon him as a God, […] do not conceive him to be as a man; It's […], […] […] upon him sometimes as a compassion at man is a little help, ⟨p. 175⟩[…] that will not do it; I suppose it would help a little, some that are here, suppose this, Thou haddest to deal ²with the most merciful man that ever lived upon the face of the earth, wouldest not thou hope then that thou mightest be saved if he had the dispose of thy eternal estate: suppose there were a Judg that had the most relenting heart that ever was in the world, and all relentings that ever were in all mens hearts were in him, if this Judg had the dispose of thy eternal estate, would it not help thee, to know thou hast to deal with one that is infinitely above that Judg: That Judg were a cruel Tyrant and Tiger in comparison of this God, God is God, and not man, he is infinitely above man in the ways of his mercy: We many times with looking upon God as our selves it makes us bold in sin first, and afterwards it makes us ³despair in sin, as thus in Psal. 50. 21. Thou thoughtest I was like to thy self, saith God there, that is, because I was patient and long-suffering towards thee, thou thoughtest I was like unto a man; and a man though he be a little offended, you think you may please him again, and so you thought I was like to your selves, therefore you go on in your sins; So the Devil first makes us look upon God like our selves, and so we think that God hath no greater hatred to sin than we have; but then turn the other side, when we have once committed the sin, when the Devil would tempt to despair then he makes us look to God, like to our selves, that's thus, I find that I could not forgive such an one if he had wronged me in such a manner, and therefore they look upon God like a man, nay, like a corrupt man; Oh! what a dishonour is this to God, that because thou thy self hast a froward perverse